Michael Ettedgui is the Founding Director of Yaldeinu. In late 2007, following a fact-finding
mission to various Jewish communities in Latin America, Mr. Ettedgui's already burgeoning
desire to make Jewish education in the Diaspora accessible to more Jewish children prompted
him to launch the institution in memory of his late grandfather.

In his capacity at Yaldeinu, Mr. Ettedgui has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. He continues to visit and liaise with needy Jewish
communities throughout the world and develop programs of assistance to meet their unique and
critical education needs. He has close personal and professional relationships with communal
practitioners in various countries - an additional benefit which gives Yaldeinu distinctive
perspectives on the projects it overseas.

Mr. Ettedgui has been intimately involved in communal affairs for many years. In addition
to Yaldeinu, Mr. Ettedgui served as a consultant to the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
for Holocaust Studies where he developed some of the organization’s central programs and
initiatives. In his capacity at the Wiesenthal Center, Mr. Ettedgui frequently addressed
community forums, university students, educators and law enforcement on matters of tolerance
and Holocaust education as well as security issues. He co-authored three volumes of Digital
Terrorism & Hate, an annual report published by the Wiesenthal Center as well as Genocide:
Humankind’s Perpetual Failure, a curriculum used in Ontario secondary schools.

Mr. Ettedgui's education includes a Bachelors degree in Political Science from York University
and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is currently completing his Juris Doctor at
Osgoode Hall Law School.